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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) listens as Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet (R) speaks during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on June 4, 2024. (Str/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Cambodia’s prime minister Tuesday amid concerns in Washington over the kingdom’s relationship […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gunfire was heard Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, officials said, adding that “our team are safe.” “All American personnel in Lebanon are safe and accounted for,” Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said on ABC News’ Good Morning America on Wednesday. “One of our […]

Amanda Knox arrives with her husband Christopher Robinson at the courthouse in Florence, on June 5, 2024 before a hearing in a slander case, related to her jailing and later acquittal for the murder of her British roommate in 2007. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images) (FLORENCE, Italy and LONDON) — An Italian court on Wednesday […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gunfire was heard Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, officials said, adding that “our team are safe.” “Investigations are underway and we are in close contact with host country law enforcement,” embassy officials said on social media. Shots from “small arms” were heard at about 8:34 […]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled […]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled […]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled […]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A North Korean official on Sunday vowed that the secretive country would stop floating trash-carrying balloons over the border into South Korea, but warned that the campaign may resume if South Korean groups continued sending leaflets north. North Korea sent about 3,500 balloons of various sizes across the border between […]

Buena Vista Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, Mexico’s election institute said early Monday. “For the first time in 200 years of the Republic, there will be a woman president and she will be transformative,” […]